The years seem to pass especially quickly, and with each passing year, everyone is a year older.

  Zhou Xiaoyun felt a little sentimental, and before she knew it, four years had passed. She was already ten years old this year. Standing in front of the dressing mirror to admire herself, it seemed that after a year, she had grown taller, and her childish face began to have a small sense of being a 'young lady'.

  Zhao 'Yu' Zhen and Zhou Guoqiang were discussing what to give Zhou Xiaoyun for her tenth birthday.

  In rural areas, a boy's sixth birthday is usually the most important one. Specifically why, Zhou Xiaoyun couldn't figure it out either, but she remembered that when her younger brother Xiao Bao turned six, their family set up six or seven tables of wine and dishes, and all the relatives and neighbors who were on good terms with them came to celebrate.

  Xiao Bao had a small tuft of hair on top of his head that was long and thin, braided into a single strand, hanging down behind his brain.

  On the day of his sixth birthday there was an important ceremony: a haircut.

  Zhou Guoqiang specially invited a barber to come, and in the midst of a long string of firecrackers, the barber randomly picked up Xiaobao's braid on top of his head and "snip" just like that, cutting off Xiaobao's long braid that he had grown for several years.

  The cut hair was put into a red cloth bag with a smile and hung on the beam, it is said that after doing so, the individual's head will grow taller.

  Compared with boys' birthdays, girls are more casual. However, on their first decade birthday, they invite relatives and friends to have a meal together.

  However, Zhou Guoqiang did not want to treat his "daughter" unfairly and thought of doing a good job.

  Zhao 'Yu' Zhen thought similarly, in the past when the family was poor, they had to make do with everything, and it was inevitable that the children would be wronged. But thinking about it now...

  The scenery is getting better and better, it doesn't matter to spend a little more money. Anyway, we have to make the birthday banquet for Zhou Xiaoyun's 10th birthday more glorious.

  The couple studied at home for an evening and initially determined the list of guests.

  Zhou Guoqiang's side has two brothers and one sister, Zhao Yuqin's side has two sisters and one brother, they must be invited. In addition, the elderly from both sides should also be brought over. Then there are people who have social interactions with us on a daily basis, all of whom need to be invited as well.

  Hosting a banquet is a big deal, if you accidentally leave out someone's family, they will complain. As the saying goes, "helping others save money and being resented", whether rich or poor, one cannot lose face in etiquette. Borrowing money also requires giving gifts, this is the special 'character' of rural people.

  Next is to be busy running from east house to west house to inform everyone of a specific date.

  Zhou Guoqiang spent the whole afternoon running errands, fortunately some families have phones now, and can be notified by phone. Like Zhou Guomin's family in the city and Zhou Fang's family in the neighboring village, one phone call solved the problem so conveniently. It's still good to have a phone!

  The farthest were Zhao 'Yu' Zhen's two sisters, who married relatively far away and had no phone at home. Zhao 'Yu' Zhen had to ride a bicycle to her sister's house to say hello.

  Zhou Guoqiang has made many acquaintances in business over the past two years, and when he counted them up, he had invited nearly eight tables of people. This is not a small number, as whoever comes to give gifts brings their whole family, young and old, so they need to buy more dishes to prepare.

  After finishing the busy work of treating guests

  It's busy buying vegetables, and you don't need to go to the county town's big market. Just find a few familiar vegetable stalls in Xingwang Market and ask the boss to bring back some more vegetables for yourself.

  Meat dishes are indispensable, of course. Pork takes the lead, Zhou Guoqiang specially slaughtered two pigs, and there were all kinds of braised pork, fried meatballs, pig's feet soup, and roasted trotters. Then he killed eight or nine chickens that had been raised at home for over a year, and caught eight or nine fish. It was really busy for two or three days before everything was done.

  It just so happened that Zhou Xiaoyun's birthday in the lunar calendar coincided with Sunday.

  Zhou Guoqiang and Zhao Yuqin got up early in the morning and started busy.

  Several round tables were borrowed from each household in the village, two in the main room, one in the side room, and three in the courtyard. The last two could not be placed and were put in the neighboring house of Zhou Guofu.

  Shen Huafeng and Zhou Guofu both came over to help. Zhou Fang and Wu Youde had also brought the two children here early on.

  Zhou Guoqiang and Zhou Guofu were busy lifting tables and carrying benches, while Wu Youde followed behind to help.

  Several women gathered together to prepare and wash vegetables were also exceptionally busy.

  Where did Zhou Xiaoyun go?

  Haha, stop looking! I'm helping wash vegetables on the side!

  Fortunately, the children are all grown up and can help with household chores.

  Wu Mei went to wash vegetables with Zhou Xiaoyun, while Zhou Xiaoxia, who usually didn't do anything at home, seeing everyone busy, felt embarrassed and started pretending to sort the vegetables.

  Dabao and Zhou Zihai, Wu Wei three boys strength

  They took turns being in charge of fetching water from the well, providing a constant supply for Zhou Xiaoyun and the others to wash vegetables.

  Before long, Wang Jingjing and Zhou Qianqian, Sun Min and others arrived. The family members came to eat lunch, but they couldn't wait and ran over early to play.

  Here is the translation:

  Just then, Zhou Xiaoyun was busy, Wang Jingjing waved her arm and shouted: Zhou Xiaoyun, I'm here! Whatever you need, just order me, I'll brave boiling water and walk through fire without hesitation!

  Zhou Xiaoyun scolded with a smile: "You're talking like you're going to war, go play on the side, there's me and Xiao Mei here, that's enough."

  Never seen Wang Jingjing use idioms so fluently in Chinese class!

  Three people came to find Zhou Xiaoyun, who would go to one side to play, and all squeezed to the side of the big red plastic bucket to help wash vegetables.

  Sun Min accidentally splashed water on Zhou Zhihai, who was eager for revenge. As a result, several 'girls' squatting by the bucket were affected.

  Wang Jingjing jumped up first and wouldn't let go, starting to tussle with Zhou Zhihai. With the addition of Da Bao and Wu Yue cheering them on, and Zhou Qianqian trying to intervene but only making things worse, this time it was complete chaos!

  Zhou Xiaoyun laughed heartily, today she was in the best mood, and everything looked pleasant!

  She recalled her tenth birthday in her previous life, when she had noodles for breakfast and invited her uncles and aunts to come over for lunch.

  In this life, parents attach so much importance to their own birthdays, making Zhou Xiaoyun both touched and happy. This is all the love of parents!

  Two weeks before his birthday, Zhao 'Yu'

  Zhen took Zhou Xiaoyun to the county town's commercial city this week and bought a set of beautiful new clothes, and also unusually bought a pair of leather shoes for Zhou Xiaoyun.

  Zhou Xiaoyun chose a big red coat for herself for the first time without opposing Zhao Yuzhen.

  Put on a red coat and take a look in the mirror, it turns out that wearing red is still quite good-looking, haha!

  The cook who made the dishes was Shi Yongshou, a villager from this village, and he was also the second uncle of Shi Tou. He often helped families who were hosting banquets to cook meals, and all they needed to do was buy some ingredients and pay him some wages, and then he would provide them with a meal.

  Shi Yongnian wrote a good penmanship, this week Guo Qiang invited him to be the accountant, let Wu Youde be in charge of collecting money and distributing sugar, the two moved a table to sit at the 'door' chatting and laughing.

  Shitou came early with Shi Yongnian and ran around inside and outside Daba with great joy.